The strength of the Massachusetts economy comes down to one thing: brain power. Now our jobs, research, and talent pool could ...

"Scratch & Win" is a new podcast from GBH News that tells this history of the modern gambling industry — which stars in ...

The organization was started at Rikers Island in the '90s by people who were facing murder charges. It has spent the past ...

(See the full list of Maine’s official state symbols below.) Maine’s 31 symbols may seem like a lot but Texas has more than 70, while Tennessee has more than 60 and Massachusetts has more than ...

Residents across Massachusetts reported feeling the ground ... 2.8 quake hit about 7 miles southwest of Augusta, Maine, the state capital. In the last 10 years, just one earthquake stronger ...

In 2023, Massachusetts state education officials announced a pilot program distributing about $800,000 in federal funding to school districts looking to enact policies to address the use of ...

Local chicken farmers are bumping up precautions after officials recently announced that bird flu has likely entered Massachusetts. State officials said last week they suspect the latest highly ...

Howgate said. Healey said people have had the benefit of a federal tax deduction and only in 2023 did residents in Massachusetts have the ability to claim a state charitable donation credit.

"Officials here follow the law. We are not a sanctuary state," Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey told reporters when she was asked about new immigration policy from President Trump at a news ...

Gov. Maura Healey plans to close a state-operated public health hospital in Canton, her administration confirmed Tuesday afternoon. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which first disclosed the ...

BOSTON - Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that the state has agreed to repay the federal government $2.1 billion because of a mistake made years ago with pandemic-era unemployment ...